PBN Leaders & Achievers 2023
Stacie Collier
Nixon Peabody LP
Partner and chief talent officer
FOR STACIE COLLIER, being a leader is about building future leaders.
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Showing authenticity and encouraging others to be their own natural self is central to Collier’s leadership style as a partner and chief talent officer at Nixon Peabody LP in Providence.
“It’s about lifting other people up,” said Collier, who has been at the law firm for 23 years. She also enjoys working with people to stretch and achieve their personal goals.
Part of building the future is ensuring that leadership opportunities within the firm are accessible to everyone. Collier says the firm’s partnership classes are at least 50% women, racially and ethnically diverse attorneys, LGBTQ+ attorneys and attorneys with disabilities.
“It’s about creating this kind of awesome melting pot of different views so that we can have a stronger culture and a better place to work,” Collier said. She also said having a diverse workplace helps the firm achieve better solutions for its clients.
Collier is also focused on ensuring that employees are seen as people outside of work who may need flexibility. Part of her goal is to change the notion that looking exhausted means you are the hardest worker.
“We are doing these things to move and evolve that culture,” Collier said. “Because then you have a workplace that is more representative of the world, our clients, [and] students.”
During Collier’s time as chief talent officer, Nixon Peabody noticed employees returning from parental leave were quitting law because they were struggling to find a work-life balance and anxious about hitting their professional targets. Subsequently, Collier launched a “ramp-up” policy to give parents the opportunity to balance work with parenthood. For the first six months, employees returning from parental leave are expected to work 80% of their target billable hours. Since its inception, Collier said she’s noticed improved retention at the firm.
“I am really happy doing what I am doing,” said Collier, who always has her eyes on what’s next. “I think the next frontier is really to build out a stronger well-being initiative.”
